Dimitrios Geraniotis ( el, Δημήτριος Γερανιώτης, 1871 – 23 May 1966) was a Greek portrait painter and professor at the

Athens School of Fine Arts The Athens School of Fine Arts (ASFA; el, Ανωτάτη Σχολή Καλών Τεχνών, ΑΣΚΤ, literally: Highest School of Fine Arts), is Greece's premier Art school whose main objective is to develop the artistic talents of its students ...

Life

Dimitrios Geraniotis was born in Athens in 1871. He studied painting at the

under

Spyridon Prosalentis Spyridon Prosalentis ( el, Σπυρίδων Προσαλέντης; Corfu, 1830 – Athens, 1895) was a Greek portrait painter of the Heptanese School. His first name is sometimes seen as Spyros. Biography Prosalentis was descended from a noble ...

Konstantinos Volanakis Konstantinos Volanakis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Βολανάκης; 1837 - 29 June 1907) was a Greek painter who became known as the "father of Greek seascape painting". Biography Volanakis was born at Heraklion on Crete, to parents wh ...

and

Nikiforos Lytras Nikiforos Lytras ( el, Νικηφόρος Λύτρας; 1832 – 13 June 1904) was a Greek painter. He was born in Tinos and trained in Athens at the School of Arts. In 1860, he won a scholarship to Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Munich. After co ...

. He went on to the

Academy of Fine Arts, Munich The Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (german: Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, also known as Munich Academy) is one of the oldest and most significant art academies in Germany. It is located in the Maxvorstadt district of Munich, in Bavaria, ...

from 1895 to 1899 where he studied with Nikolaos Gyzis and

Franz Stuck Franz von Stuck (February 23, 1863 – August 30, 1928), born Franz Stuck, was a German painter, sculptor, printmaker, and architect. Stuck was best known for his paintings of ancient mythology, receiving substantial critical acclaim with '' The ...

, and in the studio of

Georgios Jakobides Georgios Jakobides (Γεώργιος Ιακωβίδης; 11 January 1853 – 13 December 1932) was a painter and one of the main representatives of the Greek artistic movement of the Munich School. He founded and was the first curator of the Nati ...

. After returning to Greece he taught portraiture at the Ladies Art School. He began to teach at the School of Fine Arts from 1903, at first teaching statuette drawing and from 1904 teaching silhouettes in place of

, who had resigned. He taught until 1936. Dimitrios Geraniotis died in Athens in 1966.

Work

Geraniotis was an academic painter, who mainly made portraits. His work is generally conventional and follows the principles of the

Munich School Munich School ( el, Σχολή του Μονάχου) is the name given to a group of painters who worked in Munich or were trained at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Munich (german: Münchner Akademie der Bildenden Künste) between 1850 and 191 ...

. He participated in the 1900 ''Exposition Universelle'' in Paris, and in many group exhibitions in Greece. He represented Greece at the

Venice Biennale The Venice Biennale (; it, La Biennale di Venezia) is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy by the Biennale Foundation. The biennale has been organised every year since 1895, which makes it the oldest of ...

in 1934.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Geraniotis, Dimitrios 1871 births 1966 deaths Greek painters Munich School Artists from Athens Date of birth missing Academic staff of the Athens School of Fine Arts